It is a sleety morning. However, the weather forecast says the temperature will go down and will be snowy. I hope this phrase for this season that suggests “frozen fountain under the soil begins to move” holds true.
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今はみぞれが降っていますが、これから更に気温が下がって雪になるそうです。この時期を表す「地中の凍った泉が動き始める」というこの語句が本当でありますように。
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Following the very old custom, today, January 7th, I cooked rice porridge with seven kinds of herbs of spring time. As many of you may know, one of the herbs is Japanese parsley that appears in the article I posted yesterday. When cooking the porridge, I used packed herbs I bought at a nearby grocery store and some long-forgotten sticky rice for pounding “mochi”, which fortunately caused no problems.
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やはりそれが習慣だからと思い、七種粥を作りました。そのうちの１種の芹は、昨日の投稿に出てきます。スーパーで買ってきたパック入り七種と長い間放置していた餅米で作りましたが、問題なかったです。
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Sat at the table alone/
To celebrate the New Year/
With porridge with seven herbs/
Translation and calligraphy by Chio
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This seasonal phrase is for around the second week of January. It means “Japanese parsleys grow smoothly”. I like this leaf vegetable in hot pot cuisine.
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１月1週目辺りの七十二候の名称で、芹がよく育つということらしいです。私はお鍋に入っているのが好きです。
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“Surge, pulse”. I am hoping to create some kind of art piece starting from this point. One of the translations of “energy”. I think this phrase has a larger dimension than it simply looks.
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これからこのモチーフで何枚か書いて、作品のレベルまでもっていきたいと考えています。『波動』です。世界が拡がる言葉だと思います。
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The first seasonal phrase of the year is this, “under the coverage of snow, wheat sprouts”. It has been very cold these days, however, this morning, the dazzling sunshine is making it a very bright morning. This joyful phrase sounds exciting.
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年の初めの七十二候の名称はこれです。とても寒い日が続いていますが、今朝は眩しい陽射しの明るい朝です。麦がもう芽吹いているなら嬉しいことです。
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I learned this phrase, the last one for the year means “antlers of elks fall out”. However, again and to my regret, I have no idea about that animal’s biology.
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麋角解。年末最後の七十二候の名称がこれです。「大鹿がツノを落とす」のだそうです。けれども、またまたピンと来ません。残念ですが。
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I learned this phrase means some kind of plants, prunella spikes, sprout around this time. However, I have no idea what kind of plants this is and I have no idea what connotation this phrase carries, either. One more thing I learned was this was a kind of medical herb.
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この時期には夏枯草という植物（草）が芽吹くという意味らしいですが、これのことを全く知りませんので、だからどういうことなの？ ということも分かりません。薬草の一種らしいですが。
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From the viewpoint of astrology, the time has shifted from the time of earth energy that lasted more than 200 years to that of air energy.
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And thus, it is “wind or air”, my favorite letter but very difficult.
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西洋占星術の観点からすると、200年以上続いた地の時代から風の時代へと移ったところです。
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それで『風』です。好きな字ですが、難しい。
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Seasonal phrase around this time is this, “bears hole up for hibernation”. However, actually and luckily, wild bears don’t inhabit where I live, and I am not sure if this phrase fits the season.
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この時期の七十二候の名称は、「熊蟄穴」で、熊が冬眠のために穴に隠れる、という意味だそうですが、幸いなことに実際にはこの辺りに野生の熊はいないので、これがこの時期に合っているのかどうか分かりません。
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The seasonal phrase for around the second week of December is “chi, or life energy of heaven and earth clogs up and the winter season arrives and stays”.
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12月の2週目あたりの七十二候の名称は、「閉塞成冬、つまり天地の気が塞がり冬となる」です。
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